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  A Cursed All Hallows' Eve

  A Limited Edition Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Reverse Harem Halloween Themed Collection

  Cover design by Silvana G. Sánchez © SelfPub Designs www.selfpubdesigns.com

  Coordinated by Gina Kincade

  Published by Naughty Nights Press LLC

  ISBN: 978-1-77357-182-9

  Copyright ©2020 Naughty Nights Press LLC

  Gina Kincade, Erzabet Bishop, Thea Atkinson, Nicole Zoltack, Elle Boon, Kiki Howell, SJ Pierce, C.D. Gorri, Tricia Schneider, Silvana G. Sánchez, Billie Dale, Jenna Edon, Ariel Dawn, Sapphire Winters, Mara Amberly , Krista Ames, Charlotte Raven Hart, Lulu M Sylvian, L.A. McGinnis, Majanka Verstraete, Jayelle Morgan, Helen Scott, Kat Parrish

  Table of Contents

  Table of Contents

  About A Cursed All Hallows' Eve

  Romance Heat Levels

  Individual Story Blurbs

  Unsanctified by Kat Parish

  Black Slumber by Helen Scott

  Bind My Body by Jayelle Morgan

  All Hallows Academy: Thirteen Days of Halloween by Majanka Verstraete

  Dark Angel by L.A. McGinnis

  Sighs Matters by Lulu M Sylvian

  Hallowed Night by Charlotte Raven Hart

  Drawn In by Krista Ames

  Persephone’s Raven: A Halloween Tale By Mara Amberly

  Tricks, Treats, and Trials by Fire by Sapphire Winters

  In The Cards by Ariel Dawn

  Mesmerized by the Fae by Jenna Edon

  Go Fang Yourself by Billie Dale

  Midnight Kiss by Silvana G. Sánchez

  The Ghost of Morley Manor by Tricia Schneider

  Hers To Bear By C.D. Gorri

  Spell of Snow by S.J. Pierce

  Their Dragon Mate by Elle Boon

  When Wendigos Prey by Nicole Zoltack

  Graves Files Case 2 by Thea Atkinson

  Malediction by Erzabet Bishop

  A Modern Day Witch Hunt by Gina Kincade & Kiki Howell

  Reader Magnets!

  Dear Reader,

  About A Cursed All Hallows' Eve

  The veil is thin. Darkness calls. Will you answer?

  Halloween curses plague the daring heroes and spunky heroines in this spirited collection of tales. A Cursed All Hallows' Eve brings you 20+ stories stuffed with everything from dark gods to brooding shifters, delivering hours of decadent, pleasure-filled reading from bestselling and award winning urban fantasy and paranormal romance authors.

  If you can't get enough of those supernatural creatures—vampires, ghosts, witches, demons, and fae—this limited edition collection will alternately thrill you with the spicy and tempt you with the sweet. Delve into these worlds where the living haunt the dead and the undead tempt the breathing.

  Answer the call, because this Halloween, not all the costumes are disguises.

  Romance Heat Levels

  1 Flame: This story is as clean and wholesome as they come. No cheating, no swearing, no sex on-screen, or hint thereof. Not even any PDAs. Nothing. Emphasis on CLEAN. Just two soulmates finding each other and living happily ever after.

  2 Flames: Still a clean story with no cheating and no sex, but may contain some on-screen petting and light swearing, sex is still fade to black. As always, a happily ever after.

  3 Flames: Starting to warm up. The bedroom door is open during sex, but the emphasis is on emotions, not as much on the physical aspect. Some swearing is absolutely okay, but never the F-bomb. Certainly a happily ever after, or at least a happy for now.

  4 Flames: Now we’re really cooking. Sex is right there on the page, full open, could be heating up and using more vulgar terms for organs. The F-bomb and all other swear words are used a little more often. The relationships are always consensual and almost always monogamous (RH can be an exception), and still focus on the emotional in addition to the physical aspects. Sex toys are starting to show up. A happily ever after, or at least a happy for now.

  5 Flames: Multiple Partners (includes RH) usually find their home here. The emphasis is typically on the physical aspect of the relationship with the emotional aspect as a secondary. Explicit sex and sex toys could be on almost every page. Whips and chains and bondage could make an appearance. Sex is still always consensual but not monogamous. The F-bomb and other swear words are used liberally, and you should only touch your ereader if you have heat protective gloves on. At least a happy for now.

  Proceed with caution. You have been warned…

  Individual Story Blurbs

  Unsanctified by Kat Parrish

  2 Flames

  Alissa's life changed when she found the Codex of the Red Spider disguised as a discarded book on a dusty shelf in a forgotten corner of a small suburban thrift store.

  The knowledge in the codex—transcribed straight from the goddess Herself—transformed every aspect of Alissa’s existence and gave her the life she’d always wanted, along with the boy she’d always coveted as well.

  Life was good for Alissa, but on this Halloween, she will learn the goddess she serves is a fickle deity, and there's always a price to pay for her favor.

  This coming-of-age short story set during Halloween is a cautionary tale reminding us to be careful what we wish for.

  Black Slumber by Helen Scott

  4 flames

  After centuries in the Black Sleep I’ve woken up to find my uncle, the regent, calling himself king. When I rise to the throne will he step back like he’s supposed to or put up a fight?

  I get the answer I’m looking for when a mage attacks during a royal court event, cursing me to never be able to feed again. Just when I’m about to give myself to the sun everything changes and I know I’ve been betrayed on the deepest level.

  The only question that remains is can these men that saved me from the sun help me take back what is mine?

  Bind My Body by Jayelle Morgan

  2 flames

  Grady

  I spit dirt out of my mouth and shamble home to my wife, only to find out I’ve been missing for six weeks. That’s impossible, but the last thing I remember is... Well, nothing.

  My wife thinks I left her, but I love her more than life itself. Now it’s just a matter of convincing her of that as we piece together the missing time with the help of a friend.

  The problem is, I’m starting to think I did something worse than just leave. That I am something worse than an unfaithful husband.

  Turns out the most impossible thing to happen to me isn’t being murdered... It’s coming back.

  Fans of Warm Bodies and Santa Clarita Diet are going to love this spooky yet touching love story full of magic, mayhem, and redemption. Scroll up and one-click to delve into this sweet second-chance romance. Happily Ever After guaranteed!

  All Hallows Academy by Majanka Verstraete

  2 flames

  All Hallows Academy is one of the most prestigious universities in the world for witches and wizards and being accepted into All Hallows is an honor Lavinia Bloodbane and her best friend Jensen have been dreaming of for years.

  The academic year at All Hallows starts with its most renowned tradition: Thirteen Days of Halloween. Each day of the thirteen days leading up to All Hallow’s Eve, a famous witch or wizard from the past is called upon and asked to reach through the veil separating the living from the death.

  Lavi
nia wants nothing more than to fit in at All Hallows, but when something from beyond the veil reaches out to her on the First Day of Halloween, fitting in at the academy will be the least of her concerns…

  Dark Angel by L.A. McGinnis

  4 flames

  Death has never looked so good.

  Growing up, bad luck followed me around like a puppy. Turns out it wasn’t a puppy at all. I was born with a death curse on my head, and despite my best efforts at self-containment, I’ve left a trail of bodies behind me.

  But now a group of sexy strangers has lured me in with promises of safety and protection, and after a lifetime on the run, I might be curious enough to stop. At least long enough to hear the truth about what I am.

  And what I can do.

  Sighs Matters by Lulu M Sylvian

  5 flames

  It’s Halloween and my goals are to party, get a little buzzed, and possibly hook up with some hardbody. But my attention keeps being pulled back to a group of furries, and my friend has joined the harem around some guy dressed like an anime wet dream.

  Things go from sexy hot to hot mess when I discover my friend is missing, and that furry cosplay, isn’t cosplay. Also, there’s a reason hottie anime guy is so hot, he’s an incubus.

  I need to save my friend, not blow my fingers off in the process, and decide which one of these guys that keeps kissing me I want to end up with. But they do work well together. It’s going to be a tough choice.

  Hallowed Night by Charlotte Raven Hart

  4 flames

  On the night when it is said that the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnest, two women lost their lives. A year later, in a fake séance gone wrong, one of them is brought back. Teagan doesn’t know how she came back or even what she is now, all she knows is that she is somehow connected to Ronin, a handsome stranger that was there the night of the séance. He is the only one who knows who she is and can help her piece together what happened. Her murder remains unsolved and finding her killer may be the only chance she has at another life, but when her old boyfriend shows up sowing doubt in her mind, she doesn’t know who she can really trust.

  Drawn In by Krista Ames

  4 flames

  Archer Danvers was destined to be alone for the rest of his long, unending time on earth. He’d carved out a good life, but it was lonely. That is, until Mia Blackwood blew in like a hurricane and needed to be rescued.

  The pull between them was undeniable.

  Other immortals want her, but he has to have her. There’s a mysterious connection between them and he won’t let her go. His life was about to change in more ways than he could even know.

  Persephone’s Raven by Mara Amberly

  2 flames

  I always believed mythology to be stories from the past, but what if they're prophecies... and now they're coming true?

  I didn't want to take my little sister trick-or-treating on Halloween night, but I'm glad I did.

  I'm surprised to meet a handsome stranger with an otherworldly air in the shadows. At first he intimidates me, but when our paths cross again at a masquerade party, I have the chance to get to know him. I find him captivating, but I doubt his claims that his name is Hades—the name belonging to the Greek God of the Underworld. After all, what are the chances it's his real name, God or not, when my name is Persephone—the same as Hades' mythological queen?

  What's he going to say next? That he's the real Greek God of the Underworld? That we're destined to be together? It seems more likely he's trying to win me over, and yet, I want to get to know him better. I'm drawn to him more than other men; the difference is like night and day.

  I'll give him a chance, but I don't believe he's the real Hades or that we have a special destiny. Of course, I've been known to be wrong.

  Tricks, Treats, and Trials by Fire by Sapphire Winters

  5 flames

  It's All Hallows' Eve, and Andrea Ralowski is ready to get over her ex and live it up and let it go down at her town's masquerade ball.

  But the sleepy little town of Briarwood Hollow just outside Salem is hiding more behind its masks than Andrea knows. Turns out the werewolf she got her howls on with is literally a werewolf and now alpha Rex Rivers wants to make her one too as his fated mate. But it's her choice. After all, he says, someone like her could become too powerful once bitten...

  As cryptic as that is, it prompts her to dive into her past, sure her life couldn't get weirder than a predestined wolf man mate... but it does. She learns that she doesn't just have a little magic in her past, but a lot. The kind that got her ancestors burned and could make things around Briarwood a little hot for her too.

  But resisting all Rex offers might prove more trick than treat as Andrea must decide who she is and what she could be if she dares...

  In The Cards by Ariel Dawn

  3 flames

  A family curse, a powerful warlock bound by love, and a woman bewitched.

  Psychic Ember Stone has been dreaming of a blue-eyed, dark-haired man for as long as she can remember. When a man named Derek shows up as her next client, she’s shocked to see he resembles the man in her dreams. Who is Derek, and why does she feel drawn to him?

  As secrets emerge and answers come to light, Ember’s feelings for Derek intensify. But on Halloween, a centuries old curse will change everything, requiring a sacrifice neither of them can bear.

  Follow Ember, Derek, and their strange connection through the ages as they navigate the haunting secrets that will either bring them together or tear them apart.

  Mesmerized by the Fae Jenna Edon

  4 flames

  I’ve always been in control. Of course that’s largely due to my mesmer ability.

  But it’s not what you think.

  I’ve seen what the power has done to my family and I don’t want to end up like them. So I’ve carved out my own path, separate from them and the old ways.

  I answer to no one and live a mostly magic-free life. There is the occasional snafu that calls for it, but I like making my own way, and doing so without having to use my power makes my life easier.

  Then two sexy but imposing fae—Mekhi and Gavin—come into my life and turn it upside down. I’ve somehow found myself in the possession of a mysterious bracelet that they want back. However, when it whispers to me, I know that it’s not a mistake that it came to me. If that doesn’t convince me enough, it’s spelled to me, meaning Mekhi and Gavin couldn’t take it even if they tried.

  They’re stuck with me until they can figure out how to undo the magic that is binding it to me. Only they’re not the only ones after me.

  A group of men seem dead set on taking me and I can only assume it has everything to do with the bracelet. But I have not come this far to let them stop me from uncovering the reason this bracelet has chosen me.

  Mekhi and Gavin are less than pleased about the circumstances, but tough. They’ll have to play nice if they want to come out of this in one piece. And boy am I eager to play. I definitely have my hands full with both fae.

  Go Fang Yourself by Billie Dale

  4 flames

  Together they fight the tide to save the free.

  Daughters of Odin Fated to be.

  When Fate insisted my sister and I attend Silver Lake College, the brochure failed to mention a life-altering prophecy, a world-saving destiny, and a sinfully delicious vampire who is not only the harbinger of said prophecy, but also my mate.

  Elon Ford is the man you want to devour. Turns out he wants to taste me too.

  This foggy, no-sun, no-fun depressing university is filled with so much more than young adults craving education.

  Discovering vampires are real sends me tripping into the drink and BAM I’m amped up with super strength, a grocery list of freaky abilities, and a can-do attitude.

  My twin is next to take a dip. Where I’m bolster and action, she’s reasoning and empathy.

  On Halloween Carissa Dumain, self-proclaimed Queen of the Vampires, is lea
ding the charge to the apocalypse and the end of humanity as we know it.

  I have a handful of weeks to wrap my head around sharing the spirit of a Norse god, maneuvering a body I no longer recognize, and saving my sister... Nope, none of this was in the brochure.

  We are Nicole and Ranissa Nodens.

  We are the Daughters of Odin

  We are The Sisters Who Slay.

  Midnight Kiss by Silvana G. Sánchez

  4 flames

  There are three rules every witch should follow:

  Never reveal your wicked nature to a human.

  Never cast magic against your own.

  And never, absolutely never, fall in love with a vampire.

  I ignored them all.

  Now hell’s broken loose, and the people I love are in danger.

  I will fight, broom and cauldron, to save them.

  The Ghost of Morley Manor by Tricia Schneider

  4 Flames

  When Alice Worthington’s father dies, he leaves Morley Manor and all his debt to her and her younger brother. Desperate to find a way to pay the creditors, Alice performs a séance to contact the spirit of the last man to have seen the jewels rumored to be hidden within her home.

  Sir Nicholas, a two-hundred-year-old roguish ghost, strikes a bargain with Alice. Find his earthly remains and bury them in consecrated ground. Only then will he reveal the location of the hidden jewels. Alice agrees not knowing when the time comes, she must decide between saving her home or saving the soul of the charming ghost who haunts Morley Manor.